The US industrial index Dow Jones at the close of trading in the US on March 12 collapsed by 9.99%, which was the largest drop since "Black Monday" in 1987, when it fell by more than 22%. The Dow Jones index, according to the NYSE, fell by 2352.60 points to 21200.62 points during the day. The S&P 500 fell 260.74 points to 2480.64 (-9.51%) and the Nasdaq fell 839 points to 7164.50 (-10.48%).

Sources say two media entrepreneurs with tangled political histories are buying Russia’s leading business newspaper Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti / PhotoXPress Demyan Kudryavtsev Meduza has learned that media manager Demyan Kudryavtsev and his business partners have found potential buyers for the newspaper Vedomosti, one of Russia’s leading business-oriented publications. On Wednesday, March 11, the newspaper’s owners signed an agreement expressing their intention to sell.

On the air of the “Evening Urgant” program on Channel One, they presented the Little Big video for the song “UNO”, with which the group will perform at the Eurovision Supervision music contest. The clip was published on the Yetyub channel "Eurovision". Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision is scheduled for May 12-16 in Rotterdam. Little Big has existed since 2013. The song “Skibidi”, which was watched on Utube, was watched 370 million times.

Clarification: Initially, the news, citing a post by Boris Vishnevsky, reported that Lukin left Yabloko after he voted for the amendments to the Constitution. However, later the Yabloko press service clarified that Lukin wrote a statement about leaving the party before, and not after the vote, Vedomosti writes . Senator from the Tver region Vladimir Lukin left the Yabloko party due to the vote in the Federation Council to adopt a law on amendments to the Constitution .

Starting March 14, the Czech Republic will temporarily suspend the acceptance of applications for Schengen visas and long-term visas in all its diplomatic missions. This was reported on the website of the Czech Embassy in Moscow. The embassy noted that this measure also applies to family members of EU citizens. The issuance of visas will be suspended due to the state of emergency declared in the Czech Republic on March 12 due to coronavirus infection.

Possible buyers are the founder of the investment company Arbat Capital and the former editor -in -chief of “arguments and facts” Andrey Gordeev / "Vedomosti" / Photoxpress Demyan Kudryavtsev As it became known to Medusa, the media manager Demyan Kudryavtsev and his partners found potential buyers at the Vedomosti newspaper. On Wednesday, March 11, an agreement was concluded on the intent to sell the publication.

The US Federal Reserve System ( FRS ) announced support for the stock market in the amount of 1.5 trillion dollars against the backdrop of falling US stock indices. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, part of the Fed, will hold $1.5 trillion in repo auctions on March 12 and 13 to address “temporary disruptions” in the market. There will be another $1 trillion auction each week thereafter.

In Italy, 189 people have died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The total death toll has reached 1,016, according to ANSA. As of the evening of March 12, there are 12,839 patients with coronavirus in Italy, which is 2,249 more than the day before. 1258 people have recovered from coronavirus infection. Italy leads in the number of cases of COVID-19 in Europe. The country has a state of emergency.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Vacation during the pandemic. Ahhhh, what to do?! Russia, like other countries, introduces restrictions for tourists due to the pandemic of coronavirus . On March 12, the Russian authorities, together with the Indian government, canceled tourist visas, essentially closing the entry into this tropical country.

Brazilian Presidential Communications Director Fabio Weingarten has tested positive for the coronavirus days after attending events with US President Donald Trump, the Associated Press reported. Weingarten participated in a three-day trip by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the United States. On March 7, he was at the Mar-a-Lago presidential residence, including standing behind the two presidents during their joint speech.

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on the Swiss company TNK Trading International, controlled by Rosneft. The Ministry of Finance said in a statement that the company acted as an intermediary in the sale and transportation of Venezuelan oil. In early February, the US Treasury included another Rosneft subsidiary, Rosneft Trading, on the sanctions list. The US Treasury demanded that the business be curtailed from TNK Trading and Rosneft Trading by May 20.

Actress Albina Kabalina, mentioned in the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) investigation about Margarita Simonyan and her husband Tigran Keosayan, released a video message in which she reported threats. After the investigation was released, Kabalina says, she received “terrible messages” whose authors cursed the actress herself and her loved ones. ALBINA KABALINA I AM NOT A PARASITE!!! "I'm an actress," says Kabalina. "I'm not a propagandist. I'm not a supporter of Putin.

Effective at midnight on March 13, Russia is imposing a temporary ban on all travel into the country by Italian nationals and other foreigners arriving from Italy. Coronavirus has hit Italy hardest in Europe, where at the time of this writing more than 12,400 people have tested positive for the disease, which has caused 827 deaths in the country.

The number of people in Russia who have tested positive for the coronavirus has now reached 34, following news of six new cases reported by a federal task force. The new infections include four cases in Moscow, one in Kaliningrad, and one in the Krasnodar region.

In Russia, six new cases of coronavirus infection were registered per day. This was reported in a press release of the operational anti-coronavirus headquarters. Four cases were registered in Moscow, one in Kaliningrad, and one more in the Krasnodar Territory. Earlier, 28 cases of the disease were registered in Russia. Three patients were subsequently discharged.